Each month Statistics Canada releases comprehensive data on the state of Canada’s labour markets. The Survey of Employment, Payroll and Hours is based on firm-level administrative payroll data. This is distinct from the Labour Force Survey, which is another important source of labour market information.
This page summarizes all of the latest results from that data for May 2019.
Displays the change in payroll employment and employment rates. First, since the start of Alberta’s recession. Then compares provinces.
Growth in employment, by sector.
## # A tibble: 2 x 2
## # Groups: GEO [2]
## GEO change
## <chr> <dbl>
## 1 Alberta 0.0691
## 2 Canada 0.100
## Ref_Date type value
## 1 May 2019 Data 1182.540
## 2 May 2019 Fixed Hours/OT 1214.733
## 3 May 2019 Fixed Sectoral Emp. 1262.937
## 4 May 2019 National Wage Growth 1301.449
## Ref_Date type value
## 1 May 2019 Data 1182.540
## 2 May 2019 If Wage Growth\nMatched Canada's 1219.959
Created by Trevor Tombe
ttombe@ucalgary.ca